Oh whatsapp!

I knew it back when I didn't want to be on whatsapp how frustrating it was. And now it's converted - to self doubt. Is my life nothing more than a series of words and pictures in otherwise meaningless conversations?

Once you're on the internet you have a large amount of these virtual friends. All of whom you don't care much about and none of whom who want to meet or know you. Don't get me wrong I'm comfortable with the virtual wall and I don't want to meet them either, but when does it become real?

Here's why whatsapp is so problematic:

1. The endless spam - it's either the whiny girl with an opinion on everything or the annoying guy with a picture for everything. There's so much rubbish coming your way!

2. The groups - there's a class, a family, a friends, a best friends, a couples, and then there's those weirdly sexual groups you don't know you're a part of. All of which want to rise and sleep together. Conversations often go like 'good morning.' 'Good morning.' 'Goodmorninh evry1' 'Gud mrng'...

3. The slow conversations - people want to talk but they're never online, then they go offline when you're talking to them - alright then. I'll stay up pretending I was talking to the wall.

4. The terrible phone and it's autocorrect! Typing is a task on these phones. Even swiping is. And worst of all the phone has an opinion of its own. No! I didn't mean ducking!

5. Missing the company - you go to hang out with your friends, you order the large coffee cause you need to talk. But it's all with the repetitive 5 minute whatsapp conversations that interfere everywhere. 

6. Erratic sleep patterns - worst of all you stay up for these people, that want to or don't want to talk and say things like hmmm cause that's how much your sleep means to them!

There's also things like the forwards, the 'dp' commentators, the aunties, the children with their mothers' phones!, the last seen option and the parents. And no there's no advantage whatsoever. Nobody uses whatsapp well. Nobody.